Social housing in Basingstoke and Deane
17.9% of households in Basingstoke and Deane are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is close to the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Basingstoke and Deane?
Basingstoke and Deane ranks 117th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 76,671 households, 13,720 are social homes (17.9%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Basingstoke and Deane compare with the UK average?
At +0.4 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Basingstoke and Deane sits close to the national level.
Basingstoke and Deane at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Basingstoke and Deane.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Basingstoke and Deane has 87 schools — 77 state-funded and 10 independent. That includes 58 primary and 10 secondary schools. Of the 38 with a published Ofsted grade, 87% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 138 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Basingstoke and Deane, offering about 5,242 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Basingstoke and Deane sits in decile 8 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 2% of its 115 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,183 per m², from Land Registry sold prices matched to EPC floor areas.
Broadband
Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).
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Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).